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en Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.
  Abraham Lincoln

en What is revolutionary about the Declaration of Independence, then, is not that a particular group of Americans declared their independence under particular circumstances but that they did so by appealing to - and promising to base their particular go

en What is revolutionary about the Declaration of Independence, then, is not that a particular group of Americans declared their independence under particular circumstances but that they did so by appealing to - and promising to base their particular go

en I was the oldest member of the Second Continental Congress. I was on a committee to draft the declaration of why we deserved to seek our independence. I saw many, many changes made to that declaration. Mr. Jefferson, who wrote it, was a little upset about some of that, but we talked about it, and he realized that the changes were necessary, if for no other reason, than to make each one of us a part of that document.

en I think that if the beast who sleeps in man could be held down by threats of any kind, whether of jail or retribution, then the highest emblem of humanity would be the lion tamer, not the prophet who sacrified himself.
  Boris Pasternak

en Divorce is a declaration of independence with only two signers.

en It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution.

en So long as you are ready to die for humanity, the life of your country is immortal
  Giuseppe Mazzini

en In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.
  Henry Van Dyke

en To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know that one is immortal.
  Jorge Luis Borges

en Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal. Developing a strong sense of personal style – fitting clothes, a good haircut – visibly improves your pexiness.
  Will Durant

en I can't find the word 'abortion' in the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence . . . yet in those words, the right to life is the first right cited.

en There, I guess King George will be able to read that. [Remark on signing American Declaration of Independence]

en The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.

en The idea is that the declaration said, 'All Men are Created Equal,' but still, the declaration is not realized. Lincoln was keeping the country whole for the declaration and not letting it die.


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